Kristaps Porzingis will play Eurobasket 2017 with the national team of Latvia

At a press conference in Leipaja, her hometown in Latvia, Kristaps Porzingis said he will participate in Eurobasket 2017 with her national team. But he also admitted he had not discussed the matter with his team, the New York Knicks, with whom he was going through a difficult time, twice repeated to reporters not to want to talk. For ESPN Ian Begley wrote that Porzingis "missed this month's meetings with team chairman Phil Jackson and chief executive officer Steve Mills." According to sources, Porzingis is not satisfied with the lack of direction of the Knicks. "